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in 2009, president barack obama nominated and the u.s. senate confirmed sonya sotomayor as the 111th justice at the u.s. supreme court. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans -- [laughter] from everywhere in the large state, and i've been repeatedly invited to visit. you know, when you get a new job, you're a little busy, so i had not been able to come, but it's the tribute to the warmth of the people i met then that have been concerned in the few hours that i've been here already, that this is the third city on my tour. i was first in washington, my new home. i went back to the home of my heart, new york, over the weekend, and as you saw on television, i was back and forth a lot between the two. [laughter] this is my first trip outside. i'm delighted that this is my first trip to texas, and that i'm here in houston. thank you. [applause] i wanted to visit more than one city, and i am going to os p, but i can't visit every place i want to. i still have a day job, and i
in 2009, president barack obama nominated and the u.s. senate confirmed sonya sotomayor as the 111th justice at the u.s. supreme court. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans -- [laughter] from everywhere in the large state, and i've been repeatedly invited to visit. you know, when you get a new job, you're a little busy, so i had not been able to come, but it's the tribute to the warmth of the people i met then that have...
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take the obama sequester as just one example. the president had a chance last night to offer a thoughtful alternative to his sequester, one that could reduce spending in a smarter way. that's what republicans have been calling for all along, and it's the kind of thing the house has already voted to do, not once but twice. we want to work with him to actually make that happen, but instead we just got gimmicks and tax hikes, just one more plan from the president that's designed to fail so he can blame others when it does fail. it's really too bad for the country, it really is. look, the american people in their collective judgment decided to send a divided government to washington. i'm sure the president wishes that weren't so, but it's the reality. and americans look to him to use forums like the state of the union to bring people together and get things done with the government we have, not the one the president wishes he had. that's what ronald reagan did, and he accomplished great things. president clinton was able to get quite
take the obama sequester as just one example. the president had a chance last night to offer a thoughtful alternative to his sequester, one that could reduce spending in a smarter way. that's what republicans have been calling for all along, and it's the kind of thing the house has already voted to do, not once but twice. we want to work with him to actually make that happen, but instead we just got gimmicks and tax hikes, just one more plan from the president that's designed to fail so he can...
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get after barack obama. he voted against it. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. there were all against the surge . and you can make the case that the surge worked in a tactical way. still hasn't worked in its ultimate, strategic objectives for reasons that i discussed. and in the meantime it did cost a lot of money and probably, you know, i thousand extra american soldiers died in the implementation of that surge. was the work that? i don't know. i don't know. we don't know yet. but it is not -- it is not a clear-cut fact that the surge worked and we won and that sort of thing. as for the jewish lobby question , you know, let's get real. the israeli press -- i'm jewish. the israeli press refers to apec as the jewish lobby. it's a little -- a pack has had this thing going for years where anybody who criticizes israel, oh, well, you are anti-semitic. you're really talking about jews, not talking about is real. so if somebody says, okay, the jewish lobby then they say, no, you are anti-semitic because you calle
get after barack obama. he voted against it. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. there were all against the surge . and you can make the case that the surge worked in a tactical way. still hasn't worked in its ultimate, strategic objectives for reasons that i discussed. and in the meantime it did cost a lot of money and probably, you know, i thousand extra american soldiers died in the implementation of that surge. was the work that? i don't know. i don't know. we don't know...
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and making the big fuss of obama and who'd you want? the politically responsible person of united states or the director of the cia? but we're really don't like it where basically is somebody manages a profile of the kind of bad guy with the nine criteria because mainly you will be wrong a fair amount of the time it is not just bad but counterproductive we are about to have a major debate taken out of the hands of the california where it can be discussed openly. especially the legal to have serious problems. we have decided torture is not a good idea is that better or worse the other problem i have with it is it just looks a little too easy and provides an excuse to dig into the complexity nobody has time to analyze some here are the bad guys causing problems let's do it with a that's addressing the real problem solving the real crisis sometimes used well it could be a useful tool the more often than not used as evasion. >> united states has not won a war since 1945 and it looks like vietnam no difference between republicans and democra
and making the big fuss of obama and who'd you want? the politically responsible person of united states or the director of the cia? but we're really don't like it where basically is somebody manages a profile of the kind of bad guy with the nine criteria because mainly you will be wrong a fair amount of the time it is not just bad but counterproductive we are about to have a major debate taken out of the hands of the california where it can be discussed openly. especially the legal to have...
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obviously i want to join president obama in condemning the apparent north korean nuclear test. they are still evaluating not to determine exactly, you know, whether or not it was a nuclear test. this highly provocative act was a clear violation of united nations security council resolutions and north korea's own commitments under the party six party talks. the regime's actions are undermining regional security. the regime's actions are increasing risks of proliferation and further isolating north korea from the international community. there is no question that north korea constitutes a threat to the united states, to regional stability into global security. a combination of a recent missile test combined with what appear he was this nuclear test we believe represents a real threat to the united states of america. make no mistake the u.s. military will take all necessary steps in nader's security commitment to the republic of korea and to our regional allies. i was pleased yesterday the u.n. security council condemned north korea's actions. this is a strong first step as we wor
obviously i want to join president obama in condemning the apparent north korean nuclear test. they are still evaluating not to determine exactly, you know, whether or not it was a nuclear test. this highly provocative act was a clear violation of united nations security council resolutions and north korea's own commitments under the party six party talks. the regime's actions are undermining regional security. the regime's actions are increasing risks of proliferation and further isolating...
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and her role in the obama white house. i met rachel at a very different event this year, where i bought a book, the book she wrote, "american tapestry: the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama". after hearing her talk, i bought six more copies. i bought them from my family members to give as christmasrisa gifts. after having read her book i ca tell you it was a goodha investment. it taught me better understand my own family's roots and theyss many mysteries surrounding my own family.wn f rachel swarns' book is a compelling story that at times stirs deep emotions, but it's alsot a story about liberates,r and shields. but that, let's look on rachel swarns. rache swa [applause] >> thank you, thank you. >> thank you for coming.eadip ct the years leading up to thepe present on selection, the focus s ots and hi barack obama and his family and the fact he is his autobiography. now in your book, "americanamer tapestry," you put the focus on michelle obama. tell us how you got started doing that st
and her role in the obama white house. i met rachel at a very different event this year, where i bought a book, the book she wrote, "american tapestry: the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama". after hearing her talk, i bought six more copies. i bought them from my family members to give as christmasrisa gifts. after having read her book i ca tell you it was a goodha investment. it taught me better understand my own family's roots and theyss many...
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[applause] president obama... but now congress must act as well by passing legislation to give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks. this is something we should be able to get done on a bipartisan basis. president obama: even as we protect our people, we should remember that today's world presents not just dangers, not just threats, it presents opportunities. to boost american exports. support american jobs. and level the playing field in the growing markets of asia. we intend to complete negotiations on a transpacific partnership, and tonight i'm announcing well launch talks on a comprehensive transatlantic trade and investment partnership with the european union, because trade that is fair and free across the atlantic supports millions of good-paying american jobs. [applause] president obama: we also don't know that congress in the most im've veryished part odd of the world enriches us all. it creates new markets and more stable order in certain regions of the world and also
[applause] president obama... but now congress must act as well by passing legislation to give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks. this is something we should be able to get done on a bipartisan basis. president obama: even as we protect our people, we should remember that today's world presents not just dangers, not just threats, it presents opportunities. to boost american exports. support american jobs. and level the playing field in the growing...
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and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller military that will do fewer things and go to fewer places. so that is the kind of book i wanted to write. i thought that i should do it even though others have really had ma named a lot of this. i am sure you are familiar with the work of d-nd for example, who wrote things such as the american empire and years before that, john neuhaus, one of my favorite writers wrote in imperial america and other books have dealt with this with an unusual background in the sense that i spent 42 years in the government and the state department, defense department and the cia have security clearances for that entire len
and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller...
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of course you will vote for obama. you would rather vote for the and who is not even the guy who is you. mitt romney did not understand this. he did not understand this. here is the logic. by portraying barack obama as a reasonable human being and then have brought obama portray him as a racist mitt romney's case is that a reasonable person was considering a racist. d.c. that logic temecula saying that obama was reasonable and telling him racist, so by treating him with civility u.s. lending credence to the charges that were being made against him on a personal character level. he cannot win like that. our enemies, and they are enemies because they're fighting against constitutional principles and when they engage in tactics like this, those tactics as castings. they should not be part of the rome of normal political discourse. the fact we allow them to come once you see what they're doing it cannot be an scene. when you watch the media in the see the questions being asked to see any there is a patina of character assa
of course you will vote for obama. you would rather vote for the and who is not even the guy who is you. mitt romney did not understand this. he did not understand this. here is the logic. by portraying barack obama as a reasonable human being and then have brought obama portray him as a racist mitt romney's case is that a reasonable person was considering a racist. d.c. that logic temecula saying that obama was reasonable and telling him racist, so by treating him with civility u.s. lending...
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the commander-in-chief has to be obama. many times, quite a few times, maybe not most, when we have a hearing in washington, the military will respond pretty well by the commander-in-chief and they pretty much fortify whatever policy he has. a good example is all this have to happen happened in benghazi. renew at the time absolutely unequivocally as the secretary of defense said on the night of the attack of the anzac service they are, we knew this was an organized terrorist attack and yet five days later, they go all over tv. they say this is just something you do to a video out there. you have to be careful about this. it could be true if any president, not just obama, but they are going to reflect his vision and us is happening right now. >> host: senator inhofe, i'm sequestration and cuts to the defense department, are you willing to agree to closing corporate loopholes, other tax loopholes to avoid cuts to the military? >> guest: i know you believe that or he would not question the way you did get a novelty that appear
the commander-in-chief has to be obama. many times, quite a few times, maybe not most, when we have a hearing in washington, the military will respond pretty well by the commander-in-chief and they pretty much fortify whatever policy he has. a good example is all this have to happen happened in benghazi. renew at the time absolutely unequivocally as the secretary of defense said on the night of the attack of the anzac service they are, we knew this was an organized terrorist attack and yet five...
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but what was obama thinking. but what was obama thinking with intelligence issues that we would have to grapple with. i could not think of a better scenario than having david petraeus at the cia. that's not what he had in mind in 1947. he did not want to put in the hands of military policymakers. what the cia was created for was to challenge military intelligence. the cia has done its job correctly and that is what they have done on things such as arms control or vietnam, for that matter. what needs to be done, and let me just check the time to, we don't have a lot of time. let me go over to areas very quickly. the first deals with the defense budget and the other that deals with the need to militarize the entire national security system. there is a chapter in the book and i'm not going to get into the specifics of the reduction that i could argue that you could take a trillion dollars very easily and have a defense budget over the next 10 years and you would still have the same level of spending in 2007. we spen
but what was obama thinking. but what was obama thinking with intelligence issues that we would have to grapple with. i could not think of a better scenario than having david petraeus at the cia. that's not what he had in mind in 1947. he did not want to put in the hands of military policymakers. what the cia was created for was to challenge military intelligence. the cia has done its job correctly and that is what they have done on things such as arms control or vietnam, for that matter. what...
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washington willing spending more than when president obama got here, even with the sequester. we're only talking about cutting a tenth -- a tenth -- of what the president spent on the stimulus bill. enough. enough. step one in the process of getting to a serious solution is to end the white house denial of historical reality. we're starting to get there slowly but surely. more importantly, though, is the next step -- that's when the president and the democratic allies -- his democratic allies actually come up to the table and negotiate in a serious way without gimmicks and without gales on how best to -- and without games on how best to reduce washington spending. so let's shelf the tax hikes and the endless campaigning. finally i think there's an own n even larger point to be made here. the president has been going on warning of utter chaos if the set offer takes effect -- if the sequester takes effect. while i agree that those cuts could be made in a much smarter way -- and i don't like the fact that they fall disproportionally on defense -- what does it say that we can't cu
washington willing spending more than when president obama got here, even with the sequester. we're only talking about cutting a tenth -- a tenth -- of what the president spent on the stimulus bill. enough. enough. step one in the process of getting to a serious solution is to end the white house denial of historical reality. we're starting to get there slowly but surely. more importantly, though, is the next step -- that's when the president and the democratic allies -- his democratic allies...
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it's one thing to say president obama is not responding. >> host: but what are we doing? >> guest: but what are we doing so that he has to respond and to me if you are not using that leverage, everyone knows that it's the black vote -- >> host: 93%. >> guest: the latino vote was decisive in the last election, women. each of these groups who played a role in electing him, that is why in my view when i came here for the not gration, i said and the day before the not duration i gave a speech to the morehouse alums who came and i said the important day is not tomorrow. we celebrate then. the important day as the day after tomorrow. what are we going to do them? for a lot of people they went home. >> host: that is true, and celebrated. it is a milestone. i never thought in my lifetime i would see a black president so it is. we talked a great deal about the movement and we have talked very little bit about you but i think we are getting to to know you and your comments. you added to dr. king's papers. there are several papers here, papers from boston university where you went t
it's one thing to say president obama is not responding. >> host: but what are we doing? >> guest: but what are we doing so that he has to respond and to me if you are not using that leverage, everyone knows that it's the black vote -- >> host: 93%. >> guest: the latino vote was decisive in the last election, women. each of these groups who played a role in electing him, that is why in my view when i came here for the not gration, i said and the day before the not...
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president obama can make a better choice for defense secretary. that sums up where i'm at. -- it's about the times which we live. and i would leek to echo the statement about "the washington post" about being out of the main stream. two hearings here and we'll have a couple of votes it looks like in the next week or so. to my colleagues about the cloture vote today. you have ever right to say now is not the time to end the debate on senator hagel. he's reported out of committee at 5:00 tuesday. there's legitimate questions there's information that we haven't gathered that we should be able have a opportunity to look at people on the committee a chance review the information. and the idea of waiting makes sense. we'll have a better informed decision. the debate should continue at least are in period of time. now, senator kerry was able to get out of committee and vote on the same day because of all of felt comfortable with john kerry even though we disagree with the politics. i believe john care i have a good man. on the opposite issues twiems when
president obama can make a better choice for defense secretary. that sums up where i'm at. -- it's about the times which we live. and i would leek to echo the statement about "the washington post" about being out of the main stream. two hearings here and we'll have a couple of votes it looks like in the next week or so. to my colleagues about the cloture vote today. you have ever right to say now is not the time to end the debate on senator hagel. he's reported out of committee at...
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obama had said now listen, this is all you're going to get. don't think you can come back and say i think three or more brigades do the trick. this is it. so no coincidence in 18 months to the day, obama appears and says he's pulling out all of the surge troops. not just through 5000, but all of them in the next year because basically it hadn't worked. he had a good situation because he could retrieve this is a victory because it killed osama bin laden. they had taliban troops in the field. the afghan arbutus getting better, but she didn't need the extra 33,000 troops to do all that. so he changed the mission and what has happened since his counterinsurgency has disappeared because of the failure of afghanistan's now abandoned us and that we shouldn't do and were reverting back to a new american way of war, which involves small footprint, drums from the sky, small commando raids, the opposite of counterinsurgency and on the one hand, at least for not sending 100,000 troops tamale or uganda. on the other hand they fear what this does do is set
obama had said now listen, this is all you're going to get. don't think you can come back and say i think three or more brigades do the trick. this is it. so no coincidence in 18 months to the day, obama appears and says he's pulling out all of the surge troops. not just through 5000, but all of them in the next year because basically it hadn't worked. he had a good situation because he could retrieve this is a victory because it killed osama bin laden. they had taliban troops in the field. the...
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it works for obama. if obama can admit up front that he used to do cocaine and that doesn't have any impact, it's not going to hurt you if somebody's right on an argument. number eight is don't get sucked in by that paradigm. don't let them force you to defend somebody else's position you don't believe in. it's not your job to defend it. you're an individual, not a member of a group. you're a conservative, but if you don't believe certain things, don't bother to defend it because you're not going to be a good spokesperson. make sure those positions they want to take, don't buy into that, and number ten is the body language thing. train. it's something that's worthwhile. now, why mitt romney lost the 2012 election. it's because of the bullying. on a fundamental level, it's because of the bullying, and it's because the right does not get it. and mitt romney did not get it. think about it for just a second. how did mitt romney try to portray barack obama? he tried to portray him as nice guy, good family man
it works for obama. if obama can admit up front that he used to do cocaine and that doesn't have any impact, it's not going to hurt you if somebody's right on an argument. number eight is don't get sucked in by that paradigm. don't let them force you to defend somebody else's position you don't believe in. it's not your job to defend it. you're an individual, not a member of a group. you're a conservative, but if you don't believe certain things, don't bother to defend it because you're not...
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some members of this committee strongly opposed president obama's foreign-policy. regardless of how we may feel about the president's policies, or float on senator hagel nomination will not change those policies. there is a risk here it is that the defeat of this domination will leave the department of defense leaderless at a time when we face in this budgetary challenges in our military is engaged in combat operations overseas. such an absence of senior leaders would be unlikely to benefit either our national defense or men and away uniform, and i would add, given the recent explosion of a nuclear device by north korea, the delay in adopting this nomination and approving it, i think, will send the exact wrong message to north korea. the president needs to have a secretary of defense in him he has stressed who will give him unvarnished advice, a person of integrity and one who has a personal understanding of the consequences of decisions relative to the use of military force. senator hagel certainly has those critically important qualifications, and he is well qual
some members of this committee strongly opposed president obama's foreign-policy. regardless of how we may feel about the president's policies, or float on senator hagel nomination will not change those policies. there is a risk here it is that the defeat of this domination will leave the department of defense leaderless at a time when we face in this budgetary challenges in our military is engaged in combat operations overseas. such an absence of senior leaders would be unlikely to benefit...
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he was saying obama was reasonable and obama was calling him a racist by at treating with obama with civility was lending credence to the charges obama was making against them on a personal character level. we cannot win like that. the fact is our enemies in this debate and they are enemies because they are fighting against constitutional principles and not interested in constitutional principles and when they engage in tactics like this that -- those tactics are deducted. those tactics should not be part of the realm of normal political discourse. the fact the we allow them to and go on air shows and treat them like normal human beings, once you see what they're doing it can't be an scene. you will see it everywhere now. when you watch media and see the question they are asking you will see underneath there is a patina of character assassination always. there's not a single question they are asking where underneath is not character assassination. david gregory brandishing a magazine on national television, he is saying you don't care that kids were killed in sandy hook. that is what
he was saying obama was reasonable and obama was calling him a racist by at treating with obama with civility was lending credence to the charges obama was making against them on a personal character level. we cannot win like that. the fact is our enemies in this debate and they are enemies because they are fighting against constitutional principles and not interested in constitutional principles and when they engage in tactics like this that -- those tactics are deducted. those tactics should...
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get after barack obama, he voted against the surge. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. they were all against the surge. and you can make the case that the surge worked in a tactical way. it still hasn't worked in its ultimate, strategic objectives for reasons that i discussed, and in the meantime, it did cost a lot of money and probably, you know, a thousand extra american soldiers died in the implementation of that surge compared with if you just pulled them out. was that worth it? i don't know. i don't know. we don't know yet. but it's not, it is not a clear-cut fact that the surge worked and we won and that sort of thing. as for the jewish lobby question, i mean, you know, let's get real. the israeli press, i mean, i'm jewish. the israeli press refers to aipac as the jewish lobby. okay, it's a little -- and, you know, aipac has had this thing going for years where anybody who criticizes israel, they say, oh, well, you're anti-semitic. you're really talking about jews, you're not talking about israel. so if someb
get after barack obama, he voted against the surge. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. they were all against the surge. and you can make the case that the surge worked in a tactical way. it still hasn't worked in its ultimate, strategic objectives for reasons that i discussed, and in the meantime, it did cost a lot of money and probably, you know, a thousand extra american soldiers died in the implementation of that surge compared with if you just pulled them out. was that...
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i have -- prime minister netanyahu has been in nine meetings with president obama. i've been present at all of them. i can tell you those meetings are friendly, candid, open. >> right. >> and president obama has said that he has spent more time speaking with prime minister netanyahu than any foreign leader, including this week, they spoke for about an hour. it's a very close relationship. we've had our disagreements. >> right. >> we've had disagreements. but the lit must is mot whether there are -- litmus is not whether there are disagreements. whether you move beyond them on to the peace process and the iranian nuclear programs and the efforts to stop it. you don't see very much difference between us today. >> so the state of israel institutionally and prime minister netanyahu personally take the position that the u.s.'s position on, to be specific, iran, with regard to iran's weapons program, nuclear program, potential nuclear program, you're satisfied that we're doing what we ought to be doing and we're doing enough of it? >> the president has said time and again
i have -- prime minister netanyahu has been in nine meetings with president obama. i've been present at all of them. i can tell you those meetings are friendly, candid, open. >> right. >> and president obama has said that he has spent more time speaking with prime minister netanyahu than any foreign leader, including this week, they spoke for about an hour. it's a very close relationship. we've had our disagreements. >> right. >> we've had disagreements. but the lit must...
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. >> when was the last time you talked to president obama? >> well, certainly erskine was close by, and he goes up and he checks with me after they have their conversation. i think personally i talk with joe biden on the phone. i've known joe for 30 years, greg bell. we don't always agree but a good man. and i love him. but, you know, personally i suppose a year and a half or something since i've personally talked the president. erskine has that ability to do close by and then he checks with me. >> when was the last thing you talked to the president? >> right before the election. i talked to vice president biden since the election, and i talked to members of the white house team constantly, you know, whether it's been jack lew or gene sperling or -- >> it's pretty remarkable you have not talked to the president since the election. why is that? >> i don't think it's remarkable. having worked in the white house, these guys got a lot on your plate. this is one of the things on the plate but they've got plenty to do. give joe biden were president
. >> when was the last time you talked to president obama? >> well, certainly erskine was close by, and he goes up and he checks with me after they have their conversation. i think personally i talk with joe biden on the phone. i've known joe for 30 years, greg bell. we don't always agree but a good man. and i love him. but, you know, personally i suppose a year and a half or something since i've personally talked the president. erskine has that ability to do close by and then he...
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he believed obama was going to lose reelection. they were telling him the right was being told over here. he say no termer. he can never get reelected and soon you will have a president that is your kind of president. someone who said what you want, you will get. the message he was getting. chuck schumer called him at the height of the campaign and said obama is going to win and the u.s. starts to adjust for that. between him winning a race that netanyahu never thought he was going to win and missing no opportunity and netanyahu himself ending up in sort of a messy situation, i think that's interesting and it's an interesting context to the visit. >> mitt romney promised he would make israel his first. >> his first. i want to quickly mention and talk about the hagel confirmation hearings, i'm interested to watch, he will make it through the committee and get confirmed, but how many republicans are going to vote for him? right now only two of 45 are on the record saying they are yes votes. probably about 20 have not said anything. m
he believed obama was going to lose reelection. they were telling him the right was being told over here. he say no termer. he can never get reelected and soon you will have a president that is your kind of president. someone who said what you want, you will get. the message he was getting. chuck schumer called him at the height of the campaign and said obama is going to win and the u.s. starts to adjust for that. between him winning a race that netanyahu never thought he was going to win and...
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some members strongly oppose president obama as foreign policy. but regardless of how we may feel the vote on the nomination will not change as policies. if there is a risk it will be the department's leaderless under military challenges and under combat operations underseas the senior leadership would be unlikely to benefit men and women in uniform given the explosion of the nuclear device for the delay to adopt this nomination i think will send the wrong message to north korea. the president needs to have a secretary of defense who will give unvarnished device, integrity and as a personal understanding relative to the use of military force. senator hegel's certainly has those qualifications and is well qualified to lead the department of defense. >>. >> as i have said many, many times going back to senator hagel how much i admire his service to his country, the job he did, the purple hearts but in my mind is that a justification to confirm to the nomination as secretary of defense? what you said was accurate in terms of the hearings. but that is
some members strongly oppose president obama as foreign policy. but regardless of how we may feel the vote on the nomination will not change as policies. if there is a risk it will be the department's leaderless under military challenges and under combat operations underseas the senior leadership would be unlikely to benefit men and women in uniform given the explosion of the nuclear device for the delay to adopt this nomination i think will send the wrong message to north korea. the president...
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barack obama is two things. he's a republican realist, number one, and he was ideological, more disciplined version of george bush. he has monopolized the territory of the republican party foreign policy but as one of the reasons i think that it's proven to be so contentious bidding it's not about chuck hagel at all it is about republicans trying to struggle on the fact that they need to somehow reset back to syria. the tragedy seems to me is this so much blood has flowed that it's impossible to imagine the negotiated transition and not enough to trivialize 60,000 dead and hundreds of thousands with life crippling injuries to force the divided self-centered destructive international community to emerge the unified policy but this is not barack obama. i voted for the republicans and democrats. i work for republicans and democrats. the notion that somehow he is responsible for this or that an early intervention would have prevented the radicalization, the fact is decentralization is the subtext of the air of -- ar
barack obama is two things. he's a republican realist, number one, and he was ideological, more disciplined version of george bush. he has monopolized the territory of the republican party foreign policy but as one of the reasons i think that it's proven to be so contentious bidding it's not about chuck hagel at all it is about republicans trying to struggle on the fact that they need to somehow reset back to syria. the tragedy seems to me is this so much blood has flowed that it's impossible...
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the most important thing if he and president obama are a good team, that is what matters. i don't worry about the policy positions. one way or another. he's not going to be a policy maker. president's policy is going go. but the fact that they feel that they can be a good team, to me that's an important thing. unless the.nominates somebody who is just, in my mind, unqualified or something. i tend to think leader should get who they want. we'll hold them responsible for the outcome. >> thank you, general mcchrystal. we have to stop now. [applause] >> we'd like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback twitter.com/booktv. here's a list of the ten best selling non-fiction e-book and print tiemghts according to the "new york times." it reflects sales aves january 31st. she appeared on booktv to discuss her book. and you can watch her discussion online at book of it -- booktv.org. lawrence wright debuts on the list third with the look to the world of church of scientology in going clear. scientology in hollywood. no. 4 bill they recount the assassination of john f kennedy. it's
the most important thing if he and president obama are a good team, that is what matters. i don't worry about the policy positions. one way or another. he's not going to be a policy maker. president's policy is going go. but the fact that they feel that they can be a good team, to me that's an important thing. unless the.nominates somebody who is just, in my mind, unqualified or something. i tend to think leader should get who they want. we'll hold them responsible for the outcome. >>...
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on obama's legislative proposals, i'm afraid i'm a lot less sanguine. the least controversial one is the idea universal background checks. we will see how the actual legislation is written, but there are background checks, there are background checks. it's something that instance takes no more than 24 hours, say, and checks to make sure that people are not convicted felons, violent wife beaters, or have a history of mental illne illness. and it's a good verifiable system. that's pretty good. but what if it lasts weeks and weeks and weeks and is a pretext for keeping guns away from law-abiding citizens? or what if it interferes with of somehow inadvertently criminalizes and focal giving his nephew his gun for the weekend? or even renting it to his nephew to teach him about economics or what have you. you could have a lot of scenarios where there's transferring of guns privately whether do background checks connected, i just had too many guns. i'm a collector, i want to sell mind to another collector privately. this isn't about the gun show loophole. most
on obama's legislative proposals, i'm afraid i'm a lot less sanguine. the least controversial one is the idea universal background checks. we will see how the actual legislation is written, but there are background checks, there are background checks. it's something that instance takes no more than 24 hours, say, and checks to make sure that people are not convicted felons, violent wife beaters, or have a history of mental illne illness. and it's a good verifiable system. that's pretty good....
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as some of you may recall last month and it's not a widely recorded story the obama administration asked the decided once again to change the product and change the name. so they decided in mid-january that they didn't want to call it health exchanges but they would now have what we call health marketplaces, marketplaces without our kit perhaps. the official explanation for this was that it was because the word exchange could not he translated into the spanish language and for the billions -- millions under the exchange they want to know what it meant, and health exchange or a health marketplace. i want to be helpful in this regard so we can at least try to provide sufficient terms for the beginning of the obamacare dictionary. it was mixture and exchange and of course now it's called an insurance marketplace. there are some other terms in law. a new suggestion translated into the spanish and i won't include my bad accent but that's a new term for it under the affordable care act, donation. another term in the law, mandate. that has been translated new and improved for hispanic and the f
as some of you may recall last month and it's not a widely recorded story the obama administration asked the decided once again to change the product and change the name. so they decided in mid-january that they didn't want to call it health exchanges but they would now have what we call health marketplaces, marketplaces without our kit perhaps. the official explanation for this was that it was because the word exchange could not he translated into the spanish language and for the billions --...
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they should be angry with president obama. they were deliberately deceived when he promised repeatedly by saying health insurance costs would go down $2,500 for the average family by today. the unions are also now lobbying the obama administration to do an end run around the law. "the wall street journal" quoted union leaders saying that they were going to push the obama administration to now subsidize their health insurance costs. now disturbing comments come from the administration, suggesting it might be willing to do just that. unions have focused their efforts on trying to get the administration to expand access to advance premium tax credits. the subsidies were intended only for people who can't get insurance through their employer. that's how it was set up. well, that means that union members who have insurance for a plan jointly run by the union and their employer are not eligible for the subsidies. the law is crystal clear. in fact, the law lays out four conditions for getting tax credit. you have to get insurance thr
they should be angry with president obama. they were deliberately deceived when he promised repeatedly by saying health insurance costs would go down $2,500 for the average family by today. the unions are also now lobbying the obama administration to do an end run around the law. "the wall street journal" quoted union leaders saying that they were going to push the obama administration to now subsidize their health insurance costs. now disturbing comments come from the administration,...
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they'll be meeting with president obama and first lady michelle obama. vice president joe biden and his wife jill will also address the governors, and that'll happen at about 10:45 eastern. we will have live coverage of that here on c-span2. and we have more now from the national governors' association session focused on education, specifically the training, recruitment and retention of teachers and education leaders. governors heard from two presenters on the subject, co-director of the advocacy group public interest and an education scholar with the american enterprise institute. the discussion was led by connecticut governor dan malloy who chairs the national governors' association education and work force committee, also vice chair iowa governor terry branstad. this entire session lasts about an hour and a half. we'll show you as much of it as we can until the event with the president, and that'll happen in 45 minutes. >> the meeting of the national governors' association education and work force committee is called to order. thank you for joining us
they'll be meeting with president obama and first lady michelle obama. vice president joe biden and his wife jill will also address the governors, and that'll happen at about 10:45 eastern. we will have live coverage of that here on c-span2. and we have more now from the national governors' association session focused on education, specifically the training, recruitment and retention of teachers and education leaders. governors heard from two presenters on the subject, co-director of the...
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[laughter] and that's what i think president obama and future american presidents are going to be dealing with. certainly here in the next four years. they have no ability to agree yet on the son of one of the brothers, because the 36 branches each fear that if my son gets it, your son, your whole branch is disenfranchised because we will pass it down in our branch because there's not -- only it was easy to pass it from brother to brother, but how do you decide if you're going to pass it from cousin to cousin? which custom? there are hundreds of them. the king tried to get around that having an allegiance counsel with one person from every branch of the family that we decide, but when his first crown prince died, that group apparently met in one of the brothers said i should be the next crown prince come and the king said no, i'm picking another brother. and that was the end of one man one vote within the royal family. they never had to vote. there was an expression and a decision. so young saudis do worry just as normal ordinary saudis about what will happen, will these cousins, if you w
[laughter] and that's what i think president obama and future american presidents are going to be dealing with. certainly here in the next four years. they have no ability to agree yet on the son of one of the brothers, because the 36 branches each fear that if my son gets it, your son, your whole branch is disenfranchised because we will pass it down in our branch because there's not -- only it was easy to pass it from brother to brother, but how do you decide if you're going to pass it from...
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committee has scheduled a vote tomorrow afternoon i'm president obama's nomination of chuck hagel to be defense secretary. >> off and when she said she had the podium the first lady has the posting them and she chose to use it. i think i was a quote and i think really knowing that, it was after i made the presidential radio address about this at the trip and of women and children in afghanistan by the taliban and right after that i was here visiting jenna who was in texas. we went shopping and the ladies at the cosmetic counter who worked in the cosmetic counter in the department store came up and said bank you so much for speaking for women in afghanistan. that was really the first time that i thought, they heard me. and i think i knew intellectually that the first lady had a podium but i didn't really know it until i did that. half of the cuts would come from the pentagon and the other half from non-defense discretionary programs. today representatives of the defense contractors educational institutions and other groups held a news conference to call on congress to come up with an
committee has scheduled a vote tomorrow afternoon i'm president obama's nomination of chuck hagel to be defense secretary. >> off and when she said she had the podium the first lady has the posting them and she chose to use it. i think i was a quote and i think really knowing that, it was after i made the presidential radio address about this at the trip and of women and children in afghanistan by the taliban and right after that i was here visiting jenna who was in texas. we went...
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in 2009, president barack obama nominated sonia sotomayor is a one -- as the 111th justice. i give you now just as sonia sotomayor. [cheers] [applause] >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] [cheers] [applause] >> hello. thank you. [applause] [applause] [cheers] >> when i got here in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans for it because everywhere in this large state, i have been repeatedly invited and when you get a new job, you are a little busy. so i haven't been able to come here yet. but it is a tribute to the warmth of the people that i met that have been confirmed in a few hours but i have been here already. this is the third city on my tour. i was first in washington, my new home. i went back to the home of my heart, new york, over the weekend. as he saw on tv, i have been back and forth a lot between the two. [laughter] this is my worst trip outside. i am delighted that this is my first trip to texas. i'm delighted to be here. [applause] [cheers] [applause] i wanted to visit more than one city and i am going to austin. but i can't visit every place i want to. i still
in 2009, president barack obama nominated sonia sotomayor is a one -- as the 111th justice. i give you now just as sonia sotomayor. [cheers] [applause] >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] [cheers] [applause] >> hello. thank you. [applause] [applause] [cheers] >> when i got here in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans for it because everywhere in this large state, i have been repeatedly invited and when you get a new job, you are a little busy. so i haven't been able to come...
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in 2009, president barack obama nominated and the u.s. senate confirmed sonia sotomayor as the 111th justice of the u.s. supreme court. i give you sonia sotomayor. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause]) [applause] >> after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans from everywhere in this large state and i have been repeatedly invited to visit. and you know when you get a new job you are a little busy. and so i have been been able to calm, but it's a tribute to the warmth of the people i met them that has been confirmed in the few hours that i have been here already. that this is the third city on my tour. i was first in washington, my new home. i went back to the home of my heart, new york, over the weekend and as you saw on television i was back and forth a lot. [laughter] and this is my first trip outside. i am delighted. this is my first trip to texas and i am here in houston. [applause] i wanted to visit more than one city and i'm going to austin but i got to replace that i want to. i still have a day job and i
in 2009, president barack obama nominated and the u.s. senate confirmed sonia sotomayor as the 111th justice of the u.s. supreme court. i give you sonia sotomayor. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause]) [applause] >> after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans from everywhere in this large state and i have been repeatedly invited to visit. and you know when you get a new job you are a little busy. and so i have been been able to calm, but it's a tribute to the...
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he was an advisor on president obama's 2008 campaign as a cia analyst. in his life tomorrow starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern. it will be on c-span. >> if you go back to the text that you had in high school, i bet that in your american history textbooks, if you go to the index, you will find no mention of this. if you go to your biology book, you would find no mention of the word eugenics. great chess books, but i didn't see any mention of eugenics. it is as if because we, meaning scientists, no longer believe in eugenics, we don't have to think about it. it is as if we historians, because we know that eugenics was awful, we can pretend it was not part of our culture. eugenics part of american history saturday night on american history tv. >> what i have discovered as i have gotten older and more mature is that the war strategy to achieve happiness in life is to make that requirement your goal. if you make happiness, actually what you are striving for, you will not probably achieve it. instead, you'll end up being short of narcissistic, caring about your own
he was an advisor on president obama's 2008 campaign as a cia analyst. in his life tomorrow starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern. it will be on c-span. >> if you go back to the text that you had in high school, i bet that in your american history textbooks, if you go to the index, you will find no mention of this. if you go to your biology book, you would find no mention of the word eugenics. great chess books, but i didn't see any mention of eugenics. it is as if because we, meaning scientists,...
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president obama said come to the table for more revenue to closing loopholes. why not agree to that? >> guest: we're not opposed to closing loopholes. our budget will do the exact same thing. we'll close loopholes and take savings from that and reduce tax rates for every single business in the country. and eliminate the government from picking winners and losers. but the president wants to do, he wants to continue to pick winners and losers and say, let's remove this loophole here but let's add one there. that is nonstarter for us. we believe we need national, total and complete tax reform. that is what we'll be working on. >> host: michelle on twitter says, your bill sound like common sense. do you think you can receive bipartisan support? >> guest: i think so. the reason we might not get bipartisan support on it if the president doesn't want that authority. right now the blame game going on, correct? the republicans and house are blaming the president. the president is blaming republicans and it is this typical nonsense that you see out of washington that dri
president obama said come to the table for more revenue to closing loopholes. why not agree to that? >> guest: we're not opposed to closing loopholes. our budget will do the exact same thing. we'll close loopholes and take savings from that and reduce tax rates for every single business in the country. and eliminate the government from picking winners and losers. but the president wants to do, he wants to continue to pick winners and losers and say, let's remove this loophole here but...
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president obama doesn't seem to favor triggers. the senior s -- the senior senator from new york said just last week that border security wasn't going to stop legalization. he said, "we're not using border security as an excuse or a block to the path of citizenship." advocacy groups are already talking about ensuring that border security commission doesn't stand in the way or have veto authority over legalization programs. one theme from 1986 that's shining through today -- some say we need to legalize the millions of people that are already in the united states soil. they say we need to bring them out of the shadows. give them a chance at u.s. citizenship. they imply, this would be a one-time deal because we'd get it right this time, like we thought we got it right in 1986, but we didn't get it right in 1986ment so in the 1980's, senator simpson was convinced that what we did then would be a permanent solution to our immigration problems. we stated -- quote -- "we are attempting to assure that this is a one-time-only program. the
president obama doesn't seem to favor triggers. the senior s -- the senior senator from new york said just last week that border security wasn't going to stop legalization. he said, "we're not using border security as an excuse or a block to the path of citizenship." advocacy groups are already talking about ensuring that border security commission doesn't stand in the way or have veto authority over legalization programs. one theme from 1986 that's shining through today -- some say...
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obama has given us sort of a true balloon. he did say he was going to, if the oil pipeline is approved, he would give the olive branch to the environmentalist to get energy research and development dollars out of the texas. the oil and gas industry is the second-largest payer behind the federal income tax. sandra: all this being said, we heard from both sides of the argument, does the president approve this? >> the interesting thing to notice the president has never opposed the pipeline on principle, he put it off last year until after the election on the basis the route that was planned and are very sensitive environmental areas. they decided to reroute the pipeline and the cover of nebraska has not given his blessing to it. will he find some other reason to be against it or wil will hee to prove it in exchange for some other thing like evidence of some other environmental progress, but i think at this point the president will have to find a way to prove this and try to make his supporters happy. sandra: nebraska was a big sp
obama has given us sort of a true balloon. he did say he was going to, if the oil pipeline is approved, he would give the olive branch to the environmentalist to get energy research and development dollars out of the texas. the oil and gas industry is the second-largest payer behind the federal income tax. sandra: all this being said, we heard from both sides of the argument, does the president approve this? >> the interesting thing to notice the president has never opposed the pipeline...
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president obama met with policy and labor organizations to discuss the immigration plan. on the next washington journal an inside look at the meeting and the immigration debate. the center for community change. from arizona senator jeff flake, talk about the defenses between the bipartisan senate and the white house immigration reform bills. and later, the government's treatment of soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder. washington journal takes your calls and e-mails, and tweets every morning startinged at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> whey discovered as i gotten older. the worst strategy to achieve happiness in life is to make that your primary goal. if you make happiness striving for you will not probably achieve it. instead you'll end up being narcissistic and self-ininvolved caring your own pleasure and satisfactions in life is your paramount goal. what i found is happiness is -- other things. it's by-product of meaningful work and family and friends and good health and love and care. it's we get happiness not by aiming directly for it by throwing ourself to proje
president obama met with policy and labor organizations to discuss the immigration plan. on the next washington journal an inside look at the meeting and the immigration debate. the center for community change. from arizona senator jeff flake, talk about the defenses between the bipartisan senate and the white house immigration reform bills. and later, the government's treatment of soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder. washington journal takes your calls and e-mails, and tweets every...
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president obama has nominated nebraska's chuck hagel to replace him. a quick reminder, as you can see, this speech and all of secretary panetta is speeches. just go to c-span.org. we are coming up this afternoon with remarks from utah's governor gary herbert. he will also discuss the 20 tenet healthcare lot in his recent request to allow his state to allow the exchange of insurance for small businesses. he will speak at the american enterprise institute. we will have live coverage at 1230 p.m. eastern time. the u.s. senate is not in session today. democrats and republicans are continuing their policy retreats. lawmakers will be back at 9:30 a.m. eastern. we will have live coverage on c-span2. to hell and 10 houses in session today as members work on a bill requiring president obama to submit a balanced budget to congress. both on amendments and final passage. it is expected at 11:00 o'clock eastern. you can see it live on our companion network, c-span. also tomorrow, the senate intelligence committee will hold a confirmation hearing for ci -- cia direc
president obama has nominated nebraska's chuck hagel to replace him. a quick reminder, as you can see, this speech and all of secretary panetta is speeches. just go to c-span.org. we are coming up this afternoon with remarks from utah's governor gary herbert. he will also discuss the 20 tenet healthcare lot in his recent request to allow his state to allow the exchange of insurance for small businesses. he will speak at the american enterprise institute. we will have live coverage at 1230 p.m....
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he stood with our partners and reaffirmed with president obama to help the syrian people transition to a democratic inclusive as peace with syria. bashar al-assad has lost legitimacy and we stand united with the syrian people and offer support to the syrian opposition even as other countries choose to make it possible against his own people. secretary kerry announce today that that to translate our support into tangible suspense we will provide an additional $60 billion in non-lethal support to the coalition's operational needs on top of $50 million divided in assistance to the opposition and is separate from the $385 billion in you manocherian assistance that we have been providing to the syrian population. major. >> is wondered if the president took note of your argued -- like that the oral arguments in the voting rights act and if he had particular reaction to it. it could be described in many ways that likely would be one way to describe it. staff is spoken to him about but i know white house counsel kathy romer was in attendance but i have not spoken with the president so i don't
he stood with our partners and reaffirmed with president obama to help the syrian people transition to a democratic inclusive as peace with syria. bashar al-assad has lost legitimacy and we stand united with the syrian people and offer support to the syrian opposition even as other countries choose to make it possible against his own people. secretary kerry announce today that that to translate our support into tangible suspense we will provide an additional $60 billion in non-lethal support to...
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after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents and while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the u.s. has invested over one hundred billion dollars in reconstruction of afghanistan and that this year alone it's expected another thirty billion dollars could be spent in eight this as the afghan state is rated one of the most corrupt in the world despite red flags from a watchdog monitory bad aid they say there's no way of ensuring all this money is going to the right place or whose hands the cash is falling into and that it's too dangerous in many places in afghanistan to safely observe what's happening well former and. some have become very rich including western officials well most
after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents and while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so...
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abe and obama will meet on friday at the white house. japanese government officials say the leaders will discuss the deployment of a second x band radar. u.s. army personnel already operate those systems at an air self-defense force base in northern japan. one government official says the additional system will make it possible to track missiles aimed at japan or the u.s. another kind of threat at the de united nations conference on disarmament. he said what he called south korea's erratic behavior would only herald its final destruction. he made the remark in a meeting in geneva. delegates from south korea and the netherlands had criticized the latest nuclear test. the representative from seoul urged the north koreans to halt their nuclear program, saying it's damaging stability on the korean peninsula. the north korean diplomat said authorities there want to bolster their defenses against a possible invasion. his remarks dre immediate criticism. a british delegate said the comments were inappropriate for a conference on disarmament. >>
abe and obama will meet on friday at the white house. japanese government officials say the leaders will discuss the deployment of a second x band radar. u.s. army personnel already operate those systems at an air self-defense force base in northern japan. one government official says the additional system will make it possible to track missiles aimed at japan or the u.s. another kind of threat at the de united nations conference on disarmament. he said what he called south korea's erratic...
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president obama ordered the killing of and were al-awlaki. they killed him and his 16-year-old son in a drone strike in yemen. america now knows the criteria used to dominate and americans for targeted killing. the way paper size for the legal framework for when the u.s. government can use lethal force against the u.s. citizens who is a senior operational leader of al qaeda or an associated force. it is located in a foreign country outside the area of active hostilities. the justice department claims in such a case lethal force to be lawful or three conditions are met and informed high-level official of the u.s. government has determined the targeted individual poses an imminent threat against the united states, capture is infeasible in the united states continues to monitor whether capture becomes feasible. three, the operation would be conducted in a manner consistent with principles of the laws of war. today's hearing will examine the justice department's way paper and constitutional issues surrounding the targeted killing of americans ove
president obama ordered the killing of and were al-awlaki. they killed him and his 16-year-old son in a drone strike in yemen. america now knows the criteria used to dominate and americans for targeted killing. the way paper size for the legal framework for when the u.s. government can use lethal force against the u.s. citizens who is a senior operational leader of al qaeda or an associated force. it is located in a foreign country outside the area of active hostilities. the justice department...
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president obama talked to him before making announcements about the transition. we've listened very carefully to his observations about wanting to speed up the transition with respect the management of security, and that's happening. so i can assure you we are finely tune to the needs of the afghan people and to the most effective ways to make this transition together and with our allies who have spent their treasure too in this initiative in a way that is most effective. so i'm not surprised by the request. it's something that, as i said, isaf will deal with initially. we're going everything in our power to effect this transition as smoothly and sensitively as possible to the concerns of the government and the concerns of the afghan people. if we don't, it won't work properly. with respect to syria and the frustration you articulated. look, i'm very sensitive to that frustration. i was a member of the senate, and i was one of those voices on the outside pushing for one thing or another, and i don't understand the reason people question another meeting. but i'm a
president obama talked to him before making announcements about the transition. we've listened very carefully to his observations about wanting to speed up the transition with respect the management of security, and that's happening. so i can assure you we are finely tune to the needs of the afghan people and to the most effective ways to make this transition together and with our allies who have spent their treasure too in this initiative in a way that is most effective. so i'm not surprised...
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and, of course, we are at the beginning of the second term for president obama, and our great leader, tom vilsack, has an opportunity today to share with us some of his visions for where we're going in the second term. it does seem like it's sequester, sequester, sequester these days, and that certainly does weigh heavily on our shoulders. but nevertheless, we're plowing through, and we are going to do some incredibly great things in this second term, and i'm sure he's very excited to share that with you. i also want to, as i did last year, recognize that we have a lot of young people in the audience from the outlook forum student diversity program now in its seventh year. twenty undergraduates and, for the first time, ten graduate students are here to gain insights into food and agriculture. so be sure to seek them out during the breaks if you see them in the sessions, congratulate them for being here, mentor them a little over the course of the couple days. that would be great. i know how important these young people are because i have an alumnus of this program, johnny jones, who w
and, of course, we are at the beginning of the second term for president obama, and our great leader, tom vilsack, has an opportunity today to share with us some of his visions for where we're going in the second term. it does seem like it's sequester, sequester, sequester these days, and that certainly does weigh heavily on our shoulders. but nevertheless, we're plowing through, and we are going to do some incredibly great things in this second term, and i'm sure he's very excited to share...
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obama to visit israel since he took office. he will meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the trip will focus on the resumption of talks between israel and the palestinians. u.s. ambassador dan shapiro says the president will bring an urgent peace-making agenda with him. >>> and we -- >> we may see some new changes today on a ban on gay members in the boy scouts of america. scout leaders may vote today on whether to change the policy. a new proposal would allow individual scout troops to decide how they want to address the issue. some religious leaders criticized the possible change. the founder for scouts for equality says it's time to ban discrimination. >> they are entitled to continue that policy if they choose to. and if they don't, they are going to lose the heart and soul of their membership. >> this is about, you know, them trying to advance an agenda of promoting a specific way of understanding the world at the expense of people all over the country. >> the boy scouts of america has more than two million members nationwide. more than 70% of troops are affiliated w
obama to visit israel since he took office. he will meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the trip will focus on the resumption of talks between israel and the palestinians. u.s. ambassador dan shapiro says the president will bring an urgent peace-making agenda with him. >>> and we -- >> we may see some new changes today on a ban on gay members in the boy scouts of america. scout leaders may vote today on whether to change the policy. a new proposal would allow individual...
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i think obama is guided by the very strong conviction of do no harm. and arming the rebels are launching military action potentially unleashes harm, or forces over which, that which we do not know andover which we do not have control. we should be circumspect and find other ways of supporting the people of syria. >> no-fly zone? >> all those are standard options. humanitarian corridor. if you want to deny the use of helicopter gunships, you can establish a no-fly zone. but as we saw in libya, these are not decisions that are taken by politicians and senators in washington. these are decisions that have to be calculated at the pentagon, and the political cost has to be evaluated in the white house. if you're going to do what you have to do fully and effectively. and if you can't have, yeah, can't have an operation. so if you're going to go that route you have to be fully committed to its success. >> please join me in thanking david phillips for a wonderful presentation, a preview of a great book. showing the relevance of your work and your ideas. thank
i think obama is guided by the very strong conviction of do no harm. and arming the rebels are launching military action potentially unleashes harm, or forces over which, that which we do not know andover which we do not have control. we should be circumspect and find other ways of supporting the people of syria. >> no-fly zone? >> all those are standard options. humanitarian corridor. if you want to deny the use of helicopter gunships, you can establish a no-fly zone. but as we saw...
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and also future president barack obama. [applause] imagine that. [applause] >> i had the privilege of speaking at her funeral as well. but what can you say in the company of that greatness. >> we are so pleased to have rosa parks be part of the capital of the united states. [applause] [applause] >> the legislation passed. that funeral was november 2, and on december 1, president george w. bush signed into law. [applause] fifty years to the day that rosa parks sat down on the bus in montgomery, alabama. fifty years to the day. [applause] rosa parks would feel right at home in the presence of many other american heroes. [inaudible] her son could not be here, but he said that i could share these words about her. he said that most of the time, change does not happen fast. most of the time, it happens bit by bit, little by little. one person's action with the other. rosa parks did what was natural. one person's actions inspired change. we will remember with admiration the simple act of a varied woman. a woman of many talents. by dedicating the statue, w
and also future president barack obama. [applause] imagine that. [applause] >> i had the privilege of speaking at her funeral as well. but what can you say in the company of that greatness. >> we are so pleased to have rosa parks be part of the capital of the united states. [applause] [applause] >> the legislation passed. that funeral was november 2, and on december 1, president george w. bush signed into law. [applause] fifty years to the day that rosa parks sat down on the...